Genome (book)
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'''''Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters''''' (ISBN 0-00-763573-7) is a [[1999]] [[popular science]] [[book]] by [[Matt Ridley]], published by Fourth Estate.
The book devotes one chapter to each pair of human [[chromosome]]s. Since one (unnumbered) chapter is required to discuss the [[sex chromosome]]s, the final chapter is number 22. Ridley was inspired to adopt this model by [[Primo Levi]]'s book ''[[The Periodic Table (book)|The Periodic Table]]''.
The book discusses various ways in which [[gene]]s affect [[human]] life, from [[physiology]] to [[disease]] and [[behaviour]]. The book covers the history of [[genetics]], including [[Gregor Mendel|Mendelian inheritance]], [[eugenics]], [[James D. Watson]] and [[Francis Crick]], [[nature versus nurture]] and [[genetic engineering]]. The book takes a [[reductionism|reductionist]] view of [[biology]] and [[evolution]] and is pro-[[sociobiology]] and [[evolutionary psychology]].
[[Category:1999 books]]
[[Category:Biology books]]
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